Boston's most powerful journalists--updated!

Published Apr 29 2008, 03:00 PM by Adam Reilly

Here, according to Boston magazine's brand-spankin'-new power issue, are the most powerful journalists in town:

In the top fifty, we've got Globe editor Marty Baron (10), Globe columnist Joan Vennochi (tied for 41), WBUR general manager Paul La Camera (44), and Herald publisher Pat Purcell (tied for 47).

Update: The rest of BoMag's list--which, I should emphasize, was determined by votes from a select group of said powerful people themselves--has been updated and simplified. Here's how things now stand:

AMONG THOSE TIED FOR 63: Globe State House bureau chief Frank Phillips; Lisa Hall, VP/news director at Fox 25; Ed McCabe, an investigative journalist and author apparently known as Mr. Oxygen

AMONG THOSE TIED FOR 95: Laura Raposa and Gayle Fee of the Herald's Inside Track; Globe columnist Scott Kirsner; ex-Globe columnist Steve Bailey (presumably because he's leaving the country)

AMONG THOSE TIED FOR 137: Globe photographer Jim Davis; Channel 7 anchor Frances Rivera; WHDH owner Ed Ansin; Globe columnist Ellen Goodman; Globe publisher Steve Ainsley; some sportswriter named Jim Hawkins

AMONG THOSE TIED FOR 190: Globe metro editor Brian McGrory (probably because he's still ID'd as a columnist); WBZ-AM talk show host Dan Rea (228).

There's more! Herald reporter Casey Ross, State House News Service reporter Jim O'Sullivan, my Phoenix colleague David Bernstein, and WBZ political analyst Jon Keller are all singled out for praise (scroll down), though none of them got a number. Ditto for Howie Carr and the Herald's front page (scroll down again).

The biggest omissions? In no particular order, I'd suggest Globe columnist Scot Lehigh; Herald editor Kevin Convey; Globe op-ed chief Renee Loth; Jim Braude of NECN/WTKK; NECN president/GM Charlie Kravetz; WGBH-TV's Emily Rooney; and Globe reporter Donovan Slack. But I'm sure I'm missing some myself.

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2 Comments

agingcynic said:

Looks like it was culled from the BoMag party photos. All due respect for Mr.& Mrs. Chris Cooper, leaving out Emily Rooney (and Dan Kennedy!) was ludicrous. That the list is Globe-centric is no surprise in the "Hub of the Universe". (Some folks have yet to get the joke on that one).

April 29, 2008 5:05 PM
the zak said:

Which journalists are active regarding local and state Freedom of Information FOI public records principles and sunshine open public meetings principles of open government. There doesn't appear to be much news coverage of the violations.

May 7, 2008 9:36 AM